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Previously we've shown you how to build a dirt cheap and powerful media center. Now you can learn how to conceal your entertainment PC by seamlessly concealing it within your entertainment console. You can design your own setup but the main...

Flying a first-person view RC plane around a city like New York can either land you in jail or on the popularity leaderboard of YouTube. Thankfully, it was the latter otherwise this awesome video of an RC plane over the city might have escaped...

Remember the automatic doors from the Star Trek TV shows? The one you always wanted in your house someday? Now you can build one yourself via this DIY pneumatically powered door tutorial. At first glance, the door appears to be normal but as the...

By now, you're well aware of the ways you can use the sun for your DIY Free Energy projects. Most of those projects involve using solar panels to collect the energy from the sun's rays but occasionally we see more unique projects involving sun...

This "BendDesk" is a proof of concept prototype which promises to change the way we interact with our workspace. The entire desktop includes the curved vertical surface as well as the horizontal and is a large seamless multi-touch surface....

Even though 3D printers have become mainstream and costs have declined, most cannot create a fine level of detail when printing. For rapid prototyping, you can fabricate one yourself such as the High Resolution DLP 3D Printer. Homemade yet...

This Star Trek "LCARS interface" kitchen touchscreen computer brings nostalgia of the iconic TV show right into your kitchen. It features a calendar, train scheduler, weather mapper, and punching in shopping lists for groceries (check the video...

A wildlife camera with a motion detection feature sounds like an expensive piece of equipment. But in reality, when you look at the parts needed to put together this DIY photography project, it is definitely one of the cheapest for a bit of amateur...

It's time to stock up for your DIY projects! Our last huge sale of the year begins with over 25% off our 5mm LEDs, lasers and LED Light Bulbs. We're practically giving away our most popular products which were already heavily discounted. The sale...

This "MXB Shocker" zips inches above rough off-road terrain with the ease of a dirt bike. It's essentially a two-wheeled, motorized snowboard. You have to balance it like a snowboard but ride it like a dirtbike. A 1,500-watt, 48-volt brushless...